Gas prices are six cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.495 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
Nationwide Trends:
Gas prices have fallen four cents over the past week to $3.14 as the price of crude oil remains stable. Even though demand rose as 61.6 million travelers hit the road over the Independence holiday, crude prices are helping to alleviate potential increases at the pump. Gas prices are 36 cents cheaper than this time last year. Also, twenty states now boast average gas prices below $3, spanning from New Mexico to Missouri to South Carolina. Mississippi, the state with the nation’s lowest gas prices, is seeing averages around $2.69 per gallon.
Meanwhile, over the weekend, eight members of the OPEC Plus oil producers group said they would pump an additional 548,000 barrels a day starting in August, an increase that was higher than some analysts expected. The increase, which is equivalent to roughly half a percent of global production, is a step up from recent months when the group announced increases of 411,000 barrels a day.
The group, which includes Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq, said it was acting based on what it called “a steady global economic outlook and current healthy market fundamentals.” The extra oil in the market has helped accommodate an annual surge in demand that normally takes hold over the summer traveling season.
The national average per kilowatt hour of electricity at a public EV charging station stayed the same this past week at 36 cents.
Western Pennsylvania Averages
| Today | One Week Ago | One Year Ago | Record Price Date | Record Price |
| $3.495 | $3.556 | $3.759 | 6/13/2022 | $5.029 |
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline today in various areas:
$3.488 Altoona
$3.598 Beaver
$3.613 Bradford
$3.264 Brookville
$3.558 Butler
$3.388 Clarion
$3.353 DuBois
$3.516 Erie
$3.303 Greensburg
$3.514 Indiana
$3.458 Jeannette
$3.675 Kittanning
$3.221 Latrobe
$3.588 Meadville
$3.668 Mercer
$3.451 New Castle
$3.463 New Kensington
$3.585 Oil City
$3.526 Pittsburgh
$3.406 Sharon
$3.596 Uniontown
$3.662 Warren
$3.502 Washington
Quick Gas and Electricity Stats
Gas
The nation’s top 10 most expensive gasoline markets are California ($4.56), Hawaii ($4.47), Washington ($4.41), Oregon ($4.02), Nevada ($3.76), Alaska ($3.73), Idaho ($3.42), Illinois ($3.41), Pennsylvania ($3.31), and Utah ($3.30).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Mississippi ($2.69), Oklahoma ($2.69), Texas ($2.71), Tennessee ($2.75), Louisiana ($2.76), Arkansas ($2.76), Alabama ($2.76), South Carolina ($2.77), Kentucky ($2.82), and New Mexico ($2.83).
Electric
The nation’s top 10 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are West Virginia (53 cents), Alaska (50 cents), Tennessee (46 cents), Montana (44 cents), Hawaii (47 cents), South Carolina (44 cents), New Hampshire (43 cents), Arkansas (43 cents), Wisconsin (43 cents) and Kentucky (42 cents).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Kansas (26 cents), Missouri (28 cents), Maryland (28 cents), Utah (29 cents), Nebraska (30 cents), Delaware (31 cents), Colorado (33 cents), North Carolina (33 cents), Iowa (34 cents), and Washington DC (34 cents).
Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at gasprices.aaa.com.
AAA East Central is a not-for-profit association with 69 local offices in Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia serving 2.7 million members. News releases are available at news.eastcentral.aaa.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
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